WASHINGTON (TIP): A 9-member Congressional delegation led by Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Congressman Lamar Smith and comprising Congressman Mo Brooks, Congressman Thomas Massie, Congresswoman Barbara Comstock, Congressman Darren Soto, […]
WASHINGTON DC (TIP): House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Representative Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), along with 41 bipartisan Members of Congress, have sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson calling on the […]
“Granted, his movement attracted honest, idealistic souls to his corner at the Ram Lila ground, those who thought that a ‘change’ was possible. Well, a kind of ‘change’ did take place. Simply put, Anna Hazare […]
“The men and women ought to be ashamed of themselves who blame the woman for the wrong doing. Stupid comments like, “She should not have been there,” “She should not have been dressed up like […]
“For a change this time, there was complete unity in the ranks of the Congress, which was surprisingly missing throughout in the past ten years. This is a pick-up for the Congress party and a […]
India has been a great nation for ages and will continue to be one. It is one of the few nations on earth where “respecting the otherness of others” evolved, which is also known as […]
On Monday, October 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was at his vitriolic best in Gandhinagar. It was a revealing performance. For a man who for more than three years has been the Prime Minister of […]
Reviewed by Gopala Rao, retired Head of Medical Physics Group and a Research Professor of Physics, Johns Hopkins University This book of twelve small essays by a highly recognized Ophthalmologist also known for his free […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Republicans on Thursday, October 18, muscled a $4 trillion budget through the Senate in a major step forward for President Donald Trump’s ambitious promise of “massive tax cuts and reform”, AP has reported. […]
Nirpal Shergill in London LONDON (TIP): Virendra Sharma MP tabled a Parliamentary Early Day Motion (EDM) earlier this week calling for the British Prime Minister to apologise for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919. The […]
Bidisha Roy NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The India-America Chamber of Commerce (IACC) hosted a reception on October 17, 2017 to welcome Ambassador Sandeep Chakravorty, India’s Consul General in New York. In his welcome address IACC […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made it abundantly clear that US valued ties with India. He said, October 18, before a visit to India next week that the Trump administration wanted to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Following in the footsteps of his predecessor Barak Obama, President Trump himself led from the front by hosting a Diwali celebration in the White House on October 17. In his first Diwali celebration […]
BEIRUT (TIP): A first convoy of the military operation that Turkey is carrying out in Syria’s Idlib province crossed into the area late on Thursday, two rebels and a witness said. The convoy included about 30 military vehicles, said Abu […]
BEIJING (TIP): Claiming UN support for its controversial One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, China on Friday rejected US criticism saying the project has not changed its stand that the Kashmir issue should be resolved by India and Pakistan bilaterally. “We […]
MADRID (TIP): Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy demanded on Wednesday that the Catalan leader clarify whether he has declared independence, issuing a veiled threat that the central government could limit or rescind the province’s autonomy if he has. He said the Catalan […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): Brexit talks have made little progress, the European Union’s negotiator said on Thursday, meaning he cannot yet recommend broadening the negotiations beyond the focus on the terms of Britain’s exit to include key issues such as future trade relations. Michel […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Seasoned diplomat Gautam Bambawale, India’s high commissioner to Pakistan, was on Thursday appointed as the country’s next envoy to China. This was announced tonight by the external affairs ministry. A 1984 India Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Bambawale is expected to take up the […]
HIGHLIGHTS ? India was ranked 97th last year. ? China ranks the highest at 29 ? Nepal has been ranked 72 ? Myanmar 77 ? Sri Lanka 84 ? Bangladesh 88, ? Pakistan 106 ? […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A creaky Wagon R, used by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till the 2015 assembly election and which helped cement his position as the “aam aadmi”, was on Thursday stolen from outside the Delhi Secretariat, police […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Oct 11 held that sexual intercourse by a man with his wife, who is below 18 years of age, is rape. A girl child below the age of 18 cannot be treated […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has to reply to the defence evidence before November 3 in the Vijay Mallya extradition case, the hearing for which is scheduled to begin in a UK court on December 4. MEA spokesperson, Raveesh […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The poll-bound state of Gujarat on Tuesday saw a high pitched battle as Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP government in the state and the Centre stating that the saffron party had duped the people of the state […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has categorically dismissed reports that it was considering entry of women in “shakhas”—its daily meetings. In a series of tweets from its official handle, the BJP’s ideological fountainhead termed reports quoting […]
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